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From: kmw@iheds.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.followup
Subject: Re: foo and bar (curiosity will yet kill the cat)
Message-ID: <258@iheds.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 31-Aug-83 11:07:47 EDT
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Posted: Wed Aug 31 11:07:47 1983
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"foobar" is, I was told by an ex-marine, a mispelling of a military term
that became popular during WW II: "fubar," which means "f*cked up beyond
all repair"